Ian Ritchie

Ian Ritchie is the founder of Ian Ritchie Architects in London, and co-founder of the special design engineering firm Rice Francis Ritchie (RFR) in Paris. His interventions throughout the 1980s explored fabric and tensile structures, light transmitting fabrics, high performance glass systems, robotics and light memory coatings. Ian Ritchie's firm continues to be one of Europe's leading innovative design engineering companies.

In 1981 Ian Ritchie established Ian Ritchie Architects in London, and co-founded the special design engineering firm Rice Francis Ritchie (RFR) in Paris. Ritchie's first building, the Fluy House was completed in 1978, and since leaving RFR several projects have been completed internationally by Ian Ritchie Architects including the Albert Cultural Centre; Boves Pharmacy; Daours École Primaire; Terrasson Cultural Greenhouse; Ecology Gallery, Natural History Museum, London; and the Louvre Pyramids and Sculpture Courts.